End-gate for wagons



(N o Model.)

A. C. BADGLEY.

End Gate for Wagons. No., 241,117.

Patented May 1o, naar.

FIS-'2 N4 PERS. Pholo-Lhngmpher. Washngon, D. CA

NrTn STATES PATENT OFFICE..

,AARON C. BADGLEY, OF ASHKUM, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE FOR wAeoNs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,117, dated May 10,1881.

Application lcd January 31, 1881.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, AARON C. BADGLEY, acitizen of the United States, residing in Ashkum, Iroquois county, andState ot' Illinois, have invented a new and useful End-Gate for Wagons,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to end-gates having a vertical sliding movement insuitable guideways in the sideboards of a wagon; and the object of myinvention is to provide means for locking the end-gate when down toclose the end of the wagon-bed, aud to maintain the same at any desiredheight when discharging a load from the wagon-bed, such an end-gatebeing particularly adapted for wagon beds used in transporting` grain,meal, 85e., and which are provided with auxiliary side and end boards toincrease the depth and capacity of the bed. I attain this object bydevices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l isan end elevation of a wagon-bed provided with an end-gate embodying myinvention, said end-gate having parts broken away and being slightlyelevated above the bottom of the wagon-bed; Fig. 2, a vertical sectionof the end-gate on the line x :r of Fig. l, Fig. 3, a perspective of thecam and lever operating the spring-actuated locking-stud 5 and Fig. 4, afront elevation of my locking de vice, with sectionl of end-board andend-gate, showing the stop-hole for the stop-bolt.

Similar letters of referenceindicate the same parts in the severaliigures of the drawings.

A represents an ordinary wagon-bed, hav ing mounted thereon auxiliaryside-boards a a and end-board a, said auxiliary side and end boardsbeing secured in the usual manner by screw-threaded rods b, passingthrough the side-boards of the bed and through cleats upon the auxiliaryend-board,- and working in screw-threaded plates b upon the side-boardsproper of the bed. The auxiliary endboard a is removed a sufficientdistance from the end of the wagon-bed to enable a vertically-slidinggate, C, guided in L-cleats c c on the sideboards, to pass the same inits vertical movement. The end-gate a extends downwardly to about halfthe depth of the wagon-bed proper, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.1, and is provided at its center of width with a vertical (No model.)

metal strip, d, set in said end-board so thatits face will be flush withthe same, to form a bearing for a locking-stop upon the sliding endgate.

Below the end of the metal strip d, and in the end-gate a', is aperforation, d', adapted to receive the locking-stop when the slidinggate is lowered to close the end ofthe bed.

E is the locking-stop, provided with a curved handle, c, and with avert-ical spring-arm, c', secured at its lower end by screws to thesliding gate, so as to force the stop c forward against the plate l andinto the perforation d ofthe end-board a'.

Sliding end-board U is recessed to receive a horizontally-operating cam,F, having its bearings iu eyebolts or eye-screws f f, and provided witha handle, g, to operate it and press outwardly the spring c to releasethe locking-stop from the perforation or vertical plate upon theend-board a. As shown, the tension of the spring is sufficient to causethe locking-stop to bind against the plate d,- but in some casesas, forinstance, it' a very heavy sliding gate is used--the plate may beprovided with a series of perforations to receive the stop, or the plated entirely omitted au d the perforations be made in the end-gate.

rIhe purpose ot' having an end-gate so adjustable is to a'ord means forregulating the flow ot' grain, meal, 85e., when unloading the same fromthe bed 5 but it will be understood that when the auxiliary side and endboards are removed the sliding end-board is equally adapted to be used,but not lock by my particular device in the bed proper.

rIhelocliin g device may be operated by means of the handle c of the camF, or by the handle g of the spring c', as best suits the convenience ofthe operator, though the latter is preferable, and with the cam isintended for that purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wagon-bed, the combination, with a stationary end-board and witha verticallysliding end-gate, or" a spring-actuated stop upon said gate,engaging with the end-board and IOO adapted to maintain the end-board atany dewith theverticallyslidingend-gate, of a spring- F, having handleg, substantially as and for actuated stop adapted to connect said endthe purpose. described. board and gate and a cam for Operating said wstop, as and for7 the purpose described. AARON (J LADGLLY 5 3. Thecombination, with the end-board and Vitnesses:

sliding gate, of the stop E, having the handle ROBERT W. TAYLOR, e andspringe', cast in one piece, and the eem l URIAH B. LANGLEY.

